I apologize for the bad lighting and background, these were taken from my ipod

Anyway, this is a relatively small (in terms of the SHIPs I've seen around) SHIP that I have been working on the last few weeks. I JUST finished a 3000 word paper (+twelveend notes, three page outline, bibliography, speech presentation and a small school fair booth) and I have allof spring break, so I should be able to make progress on it.The parts I am having trouble with are the transition between themiddle section and the forward part, the very front, the bridge viewports and plating the very back. The first pic is not the most updated form of the SHIP, as I have now began reinforcing the connectionbetween the middle and front, and have begun to add interior walls.The bridge has an airlock on the rear that allows a small shuttle to attach. The lower part (underneath) of the middle section will includefour one-person escape pods (two on each side.) Help with the interior, landing gear, and greebling are also appreciated.

EDIT: If you're wondering what the battery cases represent, they are supposed to be the ship's power cells. Help with filling in the small gapon the middle between the frame and the plating would be great.

I had a disaster! I tripped over it in the middle of the night! (I knew I should have put it on a table) Luckily, I canfix the damage pretty easily, so it's not a big problem.The way it happened is kind of a funny story actually, I was mostly asleep whenI tripped over it, so it was kind of like a dream. And I thoughtIt was exactly that until I woke up, and my ship was broken!

EDIT: I have decided to take this opportunity to majorly reworkthe design and have stripped it down to this: And I plan to make it more like this:I know this will be much harder (considering my level of skill) but I want to atleast make a lookalike, probably much smaller than the one in the picture.

JangoSnake wrote:I had a disaster! I tripped over it in the middle of the night! (I knew I should have put it on a table) Luckily, I canfix the damage pretty easily, so it's not a big problem.The way it happened is kind of a funny story actually, I was mostly asleep whenI tripped over it, so it was kind of like a dream. And I thoughtIt was exactly that until I woke up, and my ship was broken!

EDIT: I have decided to take this opportunity to majorly reworkthe design and have stripped it down to this: And I plan to make it more like this:I know this will be much harder (considering my level of skill) but I want to atleast make a lookalike, probably much smaller than the one in the picture.

I like the remake! Especially the angled back. For following that render, Ill be very insterested to see how you do the pod engines in the back. Those are some crazy angles!

UPDATE: I have now made a sizable bricklink order of about a hundred each of these and these in light bley as well as about 150+ other miscellaneous (yet helpful) pieces. Again, (virtual) design and building assistance is always welcome

JangoSnake wrote:UPDATE: I have now made a sizable bricklink order of about a hundred each of these and these in light bley as well as about 150+ other miscellaneous (yet helpful) pieces. Again, (virtual) design and building assistance is always welcome

EDIT: here is a pic of it in its current form:

Great. Sorry to here about your accident, although it is kinda funny that you thought it was a dream!

New Update: I now have a table from IKEA and have begun to thoroughly sort my legos.Also, my bricklink order has arrived (yay!) More pictures soon, and about the reference image, I am only BASING my ship on it, I do not plan to make an exact replica so don'tget your hopes up. I'm also still debating to make it truly SHIP sized, as it is currently only about seventy studs long. It also has two smuggling compartments which use a hatchpiece covered by easily removable plates.

EDIT: here are the new pics:

The entire thing on my new table:

The bridge and its interior:

And last but not least, the smuggling compartments:

Whoops, one more thing, I know they're not original, but here is an example of one of the cargo containers I'll be using: